MTV has renewed the fantasy drama The Shannara Chronicles for a second season, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed. The series, which was the most expensive pilot ever produced by MTV, is based upon Terry Brooks’ bestselling book series and centres “on the Shannara family, whose descendants are empowered with ancient magic and whose adventures continuously […]
Maisie Williams addresses New Mutants casting rumour
Late last month, a rumour claimed that Game of Thrones star Maisie Williams would be joining the cast of the Josh Boone-directed X-Men spin-off New Mutants as Wolfsbane, a mutant capable of shapeshifting from a human into a wolf. Although 20th Century Fox almost immediately denied the casting, many were still left wondering if the […]
Kat Foster joins Van Damme in comedy pilot Jean-Claude Van Johnson
Deadline is reporting that Kat Foster (Weeds, Your Family or Mine) is set to star alongside Jean-Claude Van Damme as the female lead in Amazon’s comedy pilot Jean-Claude Van Johnson. The pilot sees Van Damme as a “famous actor and martial-arts pro who comes out of retirement to resume his alter-ego: an undercover private contractor by […]
George R.R. Martin pitches Tales of Dunk & Egg as a Game of Thrones spinoff
Earlier this week, Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss dismissed talk of a spinoff to HBO’s epic fantasy series as rumour. However, that didn’t stop EW from seeking out the thoughts of A Song of Ice and Fire creator George R.R. Martin, who feels there is plenty of material should the network […]
Comic Book Review – Apama: The Undiscovered Animal
Zeb Larson reviews Apama: The Undiscovered Animal… Everyone’s heard stories about a hero based on a spider, a bat, a wolverine, but an apama? Hungarian ice cream truck driver, Iliya Zjarsky, goes hiking one day and discovers the animal spirit of the most powerful creature mankind has never known. Soon he unlocks the powers of the […]
Captain America: Civil War tracking $175 million plus domestic opening
With Captain America: Civil War set to kick off Phase Three of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Variety is reporting that the latest MCU blockbuster is tracking a domestic opening of $175 million, with some analysts claiming it could go close to $200 million. “It’s tough to predict any movie getting above $200 million, but this […]
Banshee Season 4 Episode 3 Review – ‘Job’
Kris Wall reviews the third episode of Banshee season 4… One thing is for certain in this final season of Banshee, the show is definitely not hanging around and dragging things out as it rockets towards its endgame. No sooner had we caught a glimpse of Job being alive last week, held in a secret […]
Titan celebrating 50th anniversary of the Cybermen with Doctor Who summer crossover event
Titan Comics and BBC Worldwide have announced that they will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of one of the Doctor’s most iconic foes the Cybermen this summer with the five-part, bi-weekly adventure Doctor Who: Supremacy of the Cybermen. Check out the five covers to the first issue here… This special crossover event comic entitled […]
The 64 – all the info you need to know
Those of you who read The 64 article published on Flickering Myth earlier this week may, like me, be looking forward to seeing it become a reality just for the sake of playing classic 8 bit games. There are also probably many more of you who want all the details on the tech that is […]
Comic Book Review – Star Trek: Manifest Destiny #1
Villordsutch reviews Star Trek: Manifest Destiny #1… IDW Publishing has now begun the four-part Star Trek: Manifest Destiny story, which is written by both Mike Johnson and Ryan Parrott, who are both currently helming the rather enjoyable Starfleet Academy series, with artwork provided by Angel Hernandez, recently seen working with Mike on the Star Trek/Green […]
